Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-17
LOCAL BREyITIES.

There is a message at the Western Union
telegraph office for NJ. S. Kelly.
The Sacramento river had receded to
the eighteen-foot mark yesterday
Delayed passengers and mails from the
south arrived early last evening by special
train.
Two special trains, conveying eighteen
carloads of oranges. were sent East last
evening.
The Warde theatrical company went up
to Nevada City yesterday to remain until
Thursday night.
c. w. Baker has been appointed District
Deputy Grand Master, /. o. o. f., Tor the
Third rict-Sacramento.
The Hussar band will give particularly
fine programme of music in the Plaza to-
morrow evening, commencing at 1:30
o'clock.
The only arrests made yesterday were
those of All Cook, alias Butch, by officers
Mccormack and Lowell; and Louis KAY
anaugh, by officer Rider, both for vag-
rancy.
Governor Bartlett has appointed Nota-
ries Public as follows: Charles w. Arm
strong, Calistoga; Samuel Cliff, Creston,
San Luis Obispo county; Geo. b. Seaman,
Oakland.
City Collector Putnam reports that the
city taxes delinquent this spring will
amount TO less than $4,000, the collections
having been made about as close as they
were last year.
In Department Two of the Superior
Court yesterday Augustus A. Tarte,
native of England was admitted to citizen
ship on the testimony of r. o. Cravens
and w. E. Oughton.
The barge Governor Hayes has been al
most rebuilt at the shipyard on the Yolo side
OF theriver, and, with the exception of her
frame, and bottom planks, is entirely new
She is now ready to receive her paint.
The steamer Constance arrived yesterday
from San Francisco, with the barge Con-
stance, loaded with lumber to w. f. Frazer
and the Friend & Terry Lumber Company,
and returned to the Bay with barge light.
A certain J-street merchant owns a horse.
andt he animal lately become lame. Yes
terday he was speaking to one of his
employees about the matter and felt consid-
erably worried when he was informed,
he have got worser since he was shoed."
After the Water Works clerks have given
delinquents plenty of notice, and matters
are again in good running order, the old
system of reporting the names of those in
arrears to the Trustees in open meeting of
the Board, at the expiration of each quar-
ter, will probably be revived
The Natoma Company's immense vine
yard, near Folsom is reported to have es-
capped damage by the frost that occurred
one night last week. The system by which
the company's thermometers give an alarm
that frost is imminent, worked admirably,
and the frost was smoked out.
The average Signal Service temperature
yesterday was GO, which is 90 warmer
than the mean average temperature for the
same day during nine years. The highest
and lowest temperature was 75o and 52o,
with fresh to brisk southerly winds, and
cloudy to clear and fair weather
The little steamer Margie, owned by
Mike Bryte, of this city, which was sunk
by the Modoc about a year and half ago,
at Rio Vista, was raised on the 18th by the
wrecking steamer Whitelaw Ths ma
chinery was taken to San Francisco and
the hull consigned to the water again.
The California & Oregon Railroad track
is now laid to Bailey's Gulch, eight miles
north OF Hornbrook, the present terminus
of railroad travel. BaiIey's is three miles
south of Coles, the State line, but the track
will not reach the latter place for several
days, as 700 feet of trestlework over the
gulch will have to be constructed.
The Folsom Telegraph, speaking of the
wire bridge over the American at tina place.
says: =" In view of the bad condition of the
bridge, notices have been put up at either
end by the authorities, reading, This
bridge is not safe. Be cearful.' When the
already numerous dangers which beset the
travellers TO Ashland are taken into consid-
Grafton, this public admonition to be,cear-
full seems superfuous."
IT is said that Russell Flint, the Atlas
center fielder, whose superior in that posi-
ton does not exist on the coast, has noti-
fled the Directors of the club that he will
be unable, for business reasons, to play
ball any more. 1t is unfortunate that the
club should lose such a strong man now
that it is in fair way to achieve success,
and the manager will have to give another
exhibition OF his energy in securing good
player to fill the vacancy
A few mornings Since-one of those cold
and very breezy mornings - ex-Justice
Henley went to his front door, clad only in
his robe de mutt, to get his morning paper,
which he had just heard the carrier de-
liver. At that early hour he did not ex-
pect to see any one astir, but when he
opened the door he found that the paper
bad blown down upon the sidewalk. A
man was passing the house, and the Judge
in his most winning tones requested him
to hand up the paper. The man glanced
at him, picked up the journal, leisurely
opened it and began to read, while the
Judge stood shivering in the doorway. and
his solitary garment dancing cotillion
around his lower limbs. why in blazes
don't you give me my paper" he at
length calculated. The stranger replied,
Why don't you come and get it ?" adding,
" guess you're too sleepy to read ~ and
quietly moved down the street, perusing
the news as he went along.